Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Veracious Rey

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[edit] Veracious Rey

Final (0/3/0) ended 06:16, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Veracious Rey (talk • contribs) – I have been using Wikipedia for around 1 1/2 years now, and overtime have contributed by monitoring specific current events and doing by best to revert vandalism. I'm still learning, but have demonstrated (I believe) a willingness to help others and improve to the best of my current abilities every article I spend time on. Veracious Rey talk ↔ contribs 05:00, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

This is a self nomination, and I would be pleased to serve as an admin. I hereby withdraw my nomination. Veracious Rey talk ↔ contribs 06:15, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia in this capacity. Please take the time to answer a few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores do you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Wikipedia backlog and Category:Administrative backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.

A:My main interests are reverting vandalism, and mediating discussion boards. So I could see myself helping to resolve edit wars and other talk page disputes. I'm open to help as an admin where ever I'm needed. I think I would enjoy working on articles that need expanding, and finding interesting and relevant photographs for articles lacking them.

2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?

A: I'm especially proud of the hard work I have put into the Gerald Ford article and it's discussions page, and the picture contributions I've made. Other articles I have worked on are Flower, United States Constitution, and Articles of Confederation. I'm still learning about copyright tags, though.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

A:So far, I have had a few minor disputes, but nothing resembling an edit war. I try to approach each user diplomatically and fairly, and while I don't always have the right answers, I try my best to be fair and patient.

Optional questions from Yuser31415 (talk • contribs):

• You appear to have a very low edit count compared to the counts of those who normally succeed at RfAs. In spite of your knowledge that this would draw many oppose votes, what motivated you to make a RfA regardless?
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• How do you interpret the policy WP:IAR?
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• Would there be a case where a punitive block would be appropriate?
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• How do you interpret WP:SNOW?
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Thanks! Yuser31415 05:48, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

General comments

• If elected, I promise to be a diligent admin, fair in his advice, and impartial when handling disputes. Thank you to everyone for your below comments.
  • View this user's edit count using Interiot's 'Wannabe Kate' Tool.

Discussion

I withdraw my nomination.Veracious Rey talk ↔ contribs 06:16, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Support

1. Support. Nimbat230 05:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

   I struck your vote because you are a very new user who signed up hours before the RfA; how did you find this page? You might want to read the top of WP:RFA: "Who may comment in the Support, Oppose and Neutral sections: Any Wikipedian with an account is welcome to comment here ... Certain comments may be discounted or removed if there are suspicions of fraud; these may be the contributions of very new editors or sockpuppets, as well as meatpuppetry and other activity that may be the result of an illegitimate attempt to shift the balance of opinion." Yuser31415 05:54, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

   Commment Comment I'm starting to suspect that this user (Nimbat230) is a meatpuppet. S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 05:57, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Strong Oppose Not enough experience and time here on Wikipedia. You've only really been active for 2 months of those 1.5 years. You have only (as of Dec 30) 453 mainspace edits, 273 talk, 187 unique articles, and 367 User edits. The total edits are only 1433. I am afraid that you are not ready yet. Come back in 6 months with better qualifications and I will be happy to support. S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 05:33, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
2. Oppose lack of experience. Shyam ^(T/C) 05:38, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
3. Oppose, and uh... Special:Contributions/Nimbat230 - your supporter sure found this RFA quick... – Chacor 05:40, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Neutral

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